Mildly — Sunshine works more through dread than through overt scares. As a body horror film, it scored 5.0/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.9/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Sunshine?

Sunshine has 6 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Sunshine?

Sunshine is tagged as body horror, survival on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Sunshine

2007 · R · 1h 48m

Dark days are coming.

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

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Curator Score

7.9

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Anchored by atmosphere.

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Sunshine has 6 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.9Overall

Fear5.0

Gore6.0

Atmosphere8.0

Genres

science-fictionhorrorthriller

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Details

Budget$50M

Box office$34.8M

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Starring

Cillian Murphy as Capa · Rose Byrne as Cassie · Chris Evans as Mace · Michelle Yeoh as Corazon · Cliff Curtis as Searle · Hiroyuki Sanada as Kaneda · Troy Garity as Harvey · Benedict Wong as Trey

Production

DNA Films, Ingenious Media, Moving Picture Company, UK Film Council

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